G&L USA Limited Edition American Republic ASAT Classic Alnico Guitar w/ Gig Bag - Metal Flake Red, White and Blue

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G&L Limited Edition Americana ASAT Classic Alnico Guitar w/ Gig Bag - Star-Spangled Metal Flake Red, White and Blue

(Please Note: This listing is for the ASAT Guitar only - LB-100 bass not included)

Americana is back with their new G&L American Republic models! These small batch instruments celebrate America with star-spangled metal flake finishes boldly flying the Red, White and Blue.

The ASAT Classic Alnico was selected for the traditional tones that appeal to a broad range of players, and both feature special identification on the back of the headstock with “American Republic” and “Land That I Love” surrounding the serial number. Maple fingerboards feature white pearl top dots for a clean look that salutes the color scheme of Old Glory.

If that’s not enough to break into your best rendition of God Bless America, the price on each of these models is $1776 including G&L gig bag.


Americana ASAT Classic Alnico

While the G&L ASAT Classic is Leo’s final word on the traditional single-cutaway bolt-on axe with its Magnetic Field Design single-coil pickups, the new Americana ASAT Classic Alnico has arrived to blend latter-day-Leo with uncompromising Alnico sonic flavor. Framed in a classic boxed-steel bridge, the single-coil Alnico V bridge pickup belts out meaty twang that that’ll stop you in your tracks, while individual brass saddles Leo upgraded for the ASAT Classic offer modern levels of intonation refinement. Flip to the Alnico V neck pickup and you’ll discover their spec offers a fuller tone that leaves those anemic old pickups in the dust. What’s more, the two pickups pair beautifully for an exceptionally sweet, jangly tone bursting with harmonics.

These Alnico wonders aren’t just another flavor-of-the-week, having been carefully refined by G&L’s Paul Gagon for personal guitars since the late 1970s. Back then, Gagon was an R&D engineer at another company when he was tasked with finding out what was so special about the early bolt-on guitars many players raved about. Gagon analyzed many examples of what were considered “holy grail” guitars, spending time out on the shop floor talking to builders still working in the pickup department since the ‘50s, all on a quest to discover where the real mojo was – and wasn’t. What he learned from the builders matched his own engineering analysis. You see, back in the day, the actual spec of pickups coming that down that old production line varied considerably. Moreover, that nagging imbalance between bridge and neck pickup was something he longed to improve on, and today, Gagon’s preferred pairing of Alnico V pickups has arrived to delight the ears of the discerning guitarists.

Like the G&L Legacy, the new Americana ASAT Classic Alnico combines best-of Alnico tone with modern Leo touches for a brilliant blend of vintage and contemporary. If Alnico is your flavor, you owe it to yourself to experience what three decades of passionate development have achieved.


Features:

• COLOR: Star-Spangled metal Flake red, white and blue over alder, white pickguard, maple fingerboard
• CONSTRUCTION: bolt-on
• SCALE: 25 1/2"
• PICKUPS: Leo Fender-designed G&L Alnico single coils
• BODY WOOD: Alder
• NECK WOOD: Natural Satin Hard-Rock Maple with Maple fingerboard
• NECK PROFILE: G&L Modern Classic with 9 1/2" radius
• NUT: 100% natural bone
• FRETS: 22 medium jumbo, Jescar 57110 18 percent nickel silver
• TUNING KEYS: 12:1 ratio, sealed-back
• BRIDGE: traditional boxed-steel bridge with individual brass saddles
• CONTROLS: 3-position pickup selector, volume, tone
• INCLUDES: G&L Deluxe Gig Bag

Founded by Leo Fender in 1980, G&L USA instruments continue to be made in the historic G&L facility on Fender Avenue in Fullerton, California, the Birthplace of Bolt-on.